shadow cell

A pale, lightly eosinophilic (pink) cell, often devoid of a nucleusDermatology A pale pink, anuclear keratinocyte seen in skin adnexal tumours—e.g., pilomatricomas—cutaneous mixed tumours, proliferating trichilemmal tumourus, rare basal cell carcinomas, alopecia areata, onychomycosis, epidermoid cysts in Gardner syndrome, and dermoid cystsHaematology See Ghost cellPathology A descriptive term that may be used for any cell that doesn’t stain—i.e., is negative by the immunoperoxidase stain—in tissues or in cytologic specimens, serving as vague tissue landmarks

shadow cell

one that appears in a section only as an outline. Called also ghost cell.

If fine-needle aspiration is performed, the diagnosis of PM may be made only if all major components of PM are present in the aspirate, including calcium deposition, basaloid cells and keratinized ghost or shadow cells.

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